A big challenge for personal and family archivist is trying to do a lot with a little. Actually, this is a challenge for all archivists, but individuals don’t have all the staff, money, and resources that large archival institutions do. So I thought I would compile a list of books that deal with preservation topics and are available free (yes, you heard me free) from the Seattle Public Library. Thank you to the folks at the Seattle Public Library for their help in compiling this list. The first four books are ones for which I can personally vouch, especially the first two.

 

Saving Stuff: How to Care for and Preserve your Collectibles, Heirlooms, and Other Prize Possessions

Don Williams

069.53 W6714S 2005

http://bit.ly/H2lFPP

 

 

Preserving your Family Photographs: How to Care for your Family Photographs – from Daguerreotypes to Digital Imaging

Maureen Taylor

771.46 T2164P 2010

http://bit.ly/H3GI2Z

 

 

Organizing Your Digital Life: How to Store your Photographs, Music, Videos, & Personal Documents in a Digital World

Aimee Baldridge

646.70028 B1932o 2009

http://bit.ly/HyVKhC

 

 

An Ounce of Preservation: A Guide to the Care of Papers and Photographs

Craig A. Tuttle
R025.84 TUTTLE 1995
http://bit.ly/H4ltBY

 

 

Your Digital Afterlife: When Facebook, Flickr and Twitter are your Estate, What’s your Legacy?

John Romano

343.09944 C2364Y 2011

http://bit.ly/H1A283

 

 

Scrapbook Storytelling: Save Family Stories and Memories with Photos, Journaling and Your Own Creativity

Joanna Campbell-Slan
745.593 SLAN 1999
http://bit.ly/H4lMMT

 

Scrapbook Secrets: Shortcuts & Solutions Every Scrapbooker Needs to Know

Kinber McGray

745.593 M1785S 2009
http://bit.ly/HtWG6t

 

 

Digital Curation: A How-to-do-it Manual

D.R. Harvey
025.00285 H2623D 2010
http://bit.ly/GYle6L

 

 

How to Do Just about Anything with Your Digital Photos: Digital Scrapbooking, Image Enhancement, Creative Projects, Web and E-mail Sharing

Graham Davis
775 D2934H 2005
http://bit.ly/GYlrqv